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ATTENTION DELEGATES – NOTICE OF MEETING MISSION STATEMENT ® The next meeting of the Delegates will be The is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its Registry, promoting the sport of purebred and breeding for type and function. held at the Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando FL Founded in 1884, the AKC and its affiliated organizations advocate for the pure bred as a family companion, advance canine health and well-being, work to protect the rights of on Friday, December 15, 2017 , beginning no all dog owners and promote responsible dog ownership.

8051 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 276 17 earlier than 10:30 a.m. It will follow the 9:00 – 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Raleigh, NC Customer Call Center ...... (919) 233-9767 10:30 a.m.Delegates Forum. New York, NY Office ...... (212) 696-8200 Fax ...... (212) 696-8299 Website ...... www.akc.org DELEGATES CREDENTIALS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sharon Gierman, Morris, IL, Midwest Field RONALD H. MENAKER, CHAIRMA N•DR. THOMAS M. DAVIES, VICE CHAIRMAN CLASS OF 2018 CLASS OF 2020 Trail Club JAMES R. DOK PATRICIA M. CRUZ DR. J. CHARLES GARVIN WILLIAM J. FEENEY Leah R. James, Havana, FL, Duluth Kennel RONALD H. MENAKER KAROLYNNE M. MCATEER Club CLASS OF 2019 CLASS OF 2021 DR. CARMEN L. BATTAGLIA RITA J. BIDDLE DR. THOMAS M. DAVIES DOMINIC P. CAROTA Victoria Oelerich, Massapequa, NY ANN WALLIN THOMAS POWERS HARVEY M. WOODING Miniature Club of America DENNIS B. SPRUNG, Ex Officio Pia Paulsen, Malibu, CA, Hollywood Dog EXECUTIVE OFFICERS DENNIS B. SPRUNG GINA M. DINARDO JOSEPH V. BAFFUTO, JR. Obedience Club President Executive Secretary Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Dr. Judi Roller, Mazomanie, WI, Badger

VICE PRESIDENTS Kennel Club JAY WAKS KIRSTEN BAHLKE BRANDI HUNTER Senior Executive Vice President Public Relations & Dr. Donald Schwartz, DVM, Mancos, CO, Vice President & Purebred Consumer Demand Communications General Counsel Durango Kennel Club CYNTHIA BEAGLES DOUG LJUNGREN ALEXANDRA ALESKOVSKY Assistant General Counsel Sports & Events Elise Wright, Lambertville, NJ, Vizsla Club of Executive Vice President & Chief Growth Officer MARK DUNN HEATHER MCMANUS Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel America THERESA CHIN Registration & Senior Vice President Customer Development MARI-BETH O’NEILL Dr. Barry R. Wyerman, Huron, OH, Oakland Planning & Operations Sport Services KEITH FRAZIER County Kennel Club AIDEN COLIE Business Support ELIZABETH SOROTA Senior Vice President Services/NC Facility Ops Marketing Technology SHEILA GOFFE DAPHNA STRAUS Government Relations Business Development NOTICE The Management Disciplinary Committee TRIAL BOARDS APPEALS TRIAL BOARD TRIAL BOARD CHAIRS has reprimanded Ms. Anne O’Reilly RALPH DEL DEO, ESQ., CHAIR THERESA DOWELL, ESQ. MARTHA FELTENSTEIN, ESQ. BARBARA PENNY, ESQ. BARBARA W. MIENER, ESQ. LAURIE RAYMOND, ESQ. (Gettysburg, PA) for submitting an online dog DANIEL SMYTH, ESQ. TRIAL BOARD MEMBERS registration application without written per - DR. KLAUS ANSELM PERFORMANCE TRIAL BOARD CHARLES FOLEY DAVID HOPKINS, ESQ., CHAIR mission of the co-litter owners. (Basset , ROGER HARTINGER TIM CARWILE, ESQ. MEDORA HARPER JOHN RUSSELL Skye ) DR. ROBERT MYALL ALTERNATES BERNARD SCHWARTZ MIKE NECAISE BETTY-ANNE STENMARK BILL TEAGUE JAMES WHITE NOTICE

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The AKC’s Management Disciplinary General Appearance: The Great Dane com - Committee has suspended the following indi - bines, in its regal appearance, dignity, strength viduals from all AKC privileges for one year and elegance with great size and a powerful, and imposed a $1000 fine, for unacceptable well-formed, smoothly muscled body. It is one conditions, dogs and/or facility: of the giant working , but is unique in that its general must be so well Effective August 23, 2017 balanced that it never appears clumsy, and Mr. Michael Higgins (Cottrellville, MI) Nor - shall move with a long reach and powerful wegian Lundehund drive. It is always a unit-the Apollo of dogs. A Ms. Lynn Higgins (Cottrellville, MI) Multi - Great Dane must be spirited, courageous, ple Breeds never timid; always friendly and dependable. This physical and mental combination is the NOTICE characteristic which gives the Great Dane the At its August 2017 meeting, the American majesty possessed by no other . It is par - Kennel Club Board of Directors suspended ticularly true of this breed that there is an im - the judging privileges of Mr. George Boulton pression of great masculinity in dogs, as for a period two (2) years effective August 8, compared to an impression of femininity in 2017 and a fine of $2000.00 for conduct unbe - bitches. Lack of true Dane breed type, as de - coming of an AKC Approved Judge for inap - fined in this standard, is a serious fault. propriate contact, comments or conversations Size, Proportion, Substance: The male should with exhibitors, including but not limited to appear more massive throughout than the sexual comments or sexual harassment. bitch, with larger frame and heavier bone. In ratio between length and height, the Great PROPOSED GREAT DANE STANDARD Dane is square when measured from the high - FOR COMMENT: est point of the withers to ground, compared In accordance with the guidelines for Breed to point of shoulder to point of buttocks. The Standard Revisions this is being published to loin is short, relative to the proportion of the receive any comments prior to the balloting of rib cage. A weak topline or long loin is a seri - the club membership. Any comments may be ous fault. Coarseness or lack of substance are forwarded directly to: equally undesirable. The male shall not be less than 30 inches at the shoulders, but it is Mari-Beth O’Neill preferable that he be 32 inches or more, pro - Vice President – Sport Services viding he is well proportioned to his height. [email protected] The female shall not be less than 28 inches at

AKC GAZETTE 2 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES the shoulders, but it is preferable that she be tle Merles, the eyes should be dark, but blue 30 inches or more, providing she is well pro - eye(s) and eyes of different colors are permit - portioned to her height. Danes under mini - ted. Ears shall be high set, medium in size and mum height must be disqualified. of moderate thickness, folded forward close to Head: The head shall be rectangular, long, dis - the cheek. The top line of the folded ear tinguished, expressive, finely chiseled, espe - should be level with the skull. If cropped, the cially below the eyes. Seen from the side, the ear length is in proportion to the size of the Dane's forehead must be sharply set off from head and the ears are carried uniformly erect. the bridge of the nose, (a strongly pronounced Nose shall be black, except in the blue Dane, stop). The plane of the skull and the plane of where it is a dark blue-black. A black spotted the muzzle must be straight and parallel to one nose is permitted on the harlequin and mantle another. The skull plane under and to the merle; a pink colored nose is not desirable. A inner point of the eye must slope without any split nose is a disqualification. Teeth shall be bony protuberance in a smooth line to a full strong, well developed, clean and with full den - square jaw with a deep muzzle (fluttering lips tition preferred. The incisors of the lower jaw are undesirable). The masculinity of the male touch very lightly the bottoms of the inner sur - is very pronounced in structural appearance of face of the upper incisors (scissors bite ). An the head. The bitch's head is more delicately overshot bite is a serious fault. Undershot and formed. Seen from the top, the skull should wry mouths are very serious faults. Even bites, have parallel sides and the bridge of the nose misaligned or crowded incisors are minor should be as broad as possible. The cheek mus - faults. cles should not be prominent. The length from Neck, Topline, Body: The neck shall be firm, the tip of the nose to the center of the stop high set, well arched, long and muscular. should be equal to the length from the center From the nape, it should gradually broaden of the stop to the rear of the slightly developed and flow smoothly into the withers. The neck occiput. The head should be angular from all underline should be clean. Withers shall slope sides and should have flat planes with dimen - smoothly into a short level back with a broad sions in proportion to the size of the Dane. loin. The chest shall be broad, deep and well Whiskers may be trimmed or left natural. Eyes muscled. The forechest should be well devel - shall be medium size, deep set, and dark, with oped without a pronounced sternum. The a lively intelligent expression. The eyelids are brisket extends to the elbow, with well sprung almond-shaped and relatively tight, with well ribs. The body underline should be tightly developed brows. Haws and Mongolian eye(s), muscled with a well-defined tuck-up. The are very serious faults. In Harlequins and Man - croup should be broad and very slightly slop -

AKC GAZETTE 3 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES ing. The tail should be set high and smoothly the hock joints appear to be perfectly straight, into the croup, but not quite level with the turned neither toward the inside nor toward back, a continuation of the spine. The tail the outside. The rear feet should be round should be broad at the base, tapering uni - and compact, with well-arched toes, neither formly down to the hock joint. At rest, the tail toeing in nor out. The nails should be short, should fall straight. When excited or running, strong and as dark as possible, except they may it may curve slightly, but never above the level be lighter in Harlequins, Mantle Blacks and of the back. A ring or hooked tail is a serious Mantle Merles. claws are a serious fault. fault. A docked tail is a disqualification. Coat: The coat shall be short, thick and clean Forequarters: The forequarters, viewed from with a smooth glossy appearance. the side, shall be strong and muscular. The Color, Markings and Patterns: Brindle - The shoulder blade must be strong and sloping, base color shall be yellow gold with a black forming, as near as possible, a right angle in mask and always brindled with strong black its articulation with the upper arm. A line cross stripes in a chevron pattern. Black from the upper tip of the shoulder to the back should appear on the eye rims and eyebrows, of the elbow joint should be perpendicular. and may appear on the ears and tail tip. The The ligaments and muscles holding the shoul - more intensive the base color and the more der blade to the rib cage must be well devel - distinct and even the brindling, the more pre - oped, firm and securely attached to prevent ferred will be the color. Too much or too little loose shoulders. The shoulder blade and the brindling are equally undesirable. White mark - upper arm should be the same length. The ings at the chest and toes, black-fronted, dirty elbow should be one-half the distance from colored brindles are not desirable. Fawn - The the withers to the ground. The strong pasterns color shall be yellow gold with a black mask. should slope slightly. The feet should be Black should appear on the eye rims and eye - round and compact with well-arched toes, nei - brows, and may appear on the ears and tail tip. ther toeing in, toeing out, nor rolling to the The deep yellow gold must always be given the inside or outside. The nails should be short, preference. White markings at the chest and strong and as dark as possible, except that they toes, black-fronted dirty colored fawns are not may be lighter in Harlequins, Mantle Blacks desirable. Blue - The color shall be a pure and Mantle Merles. Dewclaws may or may not steel blue. White markings at the chest and be removed. toes are not desirable. Black - The color shall Hindquarters: The hindquarters shall be be a glossy black. White markings at the chest strong, broad, muscular and well angulated, and toes are not desirable. Harlequin - Base with well let down hocks. Seen from the rear, color shall be pure white with black torn

AKC GAZETTE 4 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES patches irregularly and well distributed over rolling or bouncing of the topline or body. the entire body; with whole or partial white The backline shall appear level and parallel to neck. Merle patches are normal. No patch the ground. The long reach should strike the should be so large that it appears to be a blan - ground below the nose while the head is car - ket. Eligible, but less desirable, are black hairs ried forward. The powerful rear drive should showing through the white base coat which be balanced to the reach. As speed increases, give a salt and pepper or dirty appearance. there is a natural tendency for the legs to con - Mantle Black - The color shall be black and verge toward the centerline of balance be - white with a solid black blanket extending neath the body. There should be no twisting in over the body; black skull with white muzzle; or out at the elbow or hock joints. white blaze is optional; with whole or partial Temperament: The Great Dane must be spir - white neck; a white chest; white on whole or ited, courageous, always friendly, dependable, part of the forelegs and hind legs; white and never timid or aggressive. tipped black tail. A small white marking in the Disqualifications: Danes under minimum height. blanket is acceptable. Black pigment may be Split nose. Docked Tail. Any color other than those seen on the skin in white areas. Mantle Merle described under “Color, Markings and Patterns.” - Merle is defined as a range of color from pale gray to a darker gray coloring, with black torn CONFORMATION JUDGES patches. The color must be merle and white Letters concerning judges and provisional with a solid merle blanket extending over the judges should be addressed to the Judging Op - body. Merle skull with white muzzle, white erations Department at PO Box 900062, blaze is optional, whole or partial white neck, Raleigh, NC 27675-9062. Letters concerning a white chest, white on whole or part of the Agility, Obedience, Rally, Tracking, and VST forelegs and hind legs and a white tipped tail. applicants should be addressed to the Com - A small white marking on the blanket is ac - panion Events Department in North Carolina. ceptable. Black pigment may be seen on the skin in white areas. The American Kennel Club will, at the re - Any variance in color or markings as described quest of a judge or judge applicant, provide above shall be faulted to the extent of the devi - that individual with copies of letters received ation. Any Great Dane which does not fall regarding their judging qualifications. As a re - within the above color or pattern classifica - sult, it should be understood that any such tions must be disqualified. correspondence will be made available, upon Gait: The gait denotes strength and power request, to the judge or judge applicant. with long, easy strides resulting in no tossing,

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It is the responsibility of all Conformation APPROVED BREED JUDGING APPLICANTS and Junior Showmanship judges to notify the Ms. Diane Anderson (17566) OH Judging Operations Department of any (419) 877-8114 changes or corrections to their address, [email protected] phone, fax or emails. These changes are very Boston , Chinese Shar-Pei, Dalma - important because they affect your judges’ tians, Shiba Inu, Tibetan record, the web site and the Judges Directory. Mrs. Karen Arends (19274) TX Please notify Judging Operations by email at (682) 312-9345 [email protected]. [email protected] Akitas APPLICANTS Ms. Anne Barlow (18397) TX The following persons applications have been (512) 930-5365 submitted for the breed(s) specified but they [email protected] are NOT eligible to accept assignments. Basset , Dachshunds Ms. Peggy Beisel-Mcilwaine (6913) MI NEW BREED JUDGING APPLICANTS (734) 662-0849 Mr. Timothy Brazier (103207) WA [email protected] (425) 218-3968 Balance of Toy Group (Maltese) [email protected] Mrs. Mary E. Benedict (66054) NY Poodles (585) 747-5380 Ms. Kimberly Jacobson (102965) CA [email protected] (858) 449-5668 Belgian Tervuren [email protected] Mr. Larry Berg (15640) NY Labrador (516) 735-3049 Mr. Joseph Neil McGinnis III (103059) FL [email protected] (863) 608-8848 Frises, Dalmatians, French Bulldogs [email protected] Mrs. Terry Berrios (7393) GA Pekingese, JS (678) 447-6383 Mr. Allan Reznik (103211) AR [email protected] (949) 929-5760 Bedlington Terriers, Smooth Fox Terriers, [email protected] Wire Fox Terriers Afghan Hounds, Cavalier King Charles Mr. Brian C. Bogart (100059) NY Spaniels, Tibetan Spaniels (716) 984-0012 [email protected]

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Australian Terriers, Border Terriers, Bull Ter - lands, Portuguese Water Dogs, , riers, Glen of Imaal Terriers, Miniature Bull Saint Bernards, Samoyeds, Siberian Huskies, Terriers, Rat Terriers, Soft Coated Wheaten Standard , Tibetan Mastiffs Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers Mr. Michael L. Canalizo (17022) NY Mrs. Janie Bousek (7252) WI (727) 946-1880 (920) 840-6022 [email protected] [email protected] Brittanys, Pointers, German Shorthaired English , Irish Setters, Cocker Pointers, German Wirehaired Pointers, Spaniels, English Cocker Spaniels, English Labrador Retrievers, English Cocker Springer Spaniels, Irish Water Spaniels, Spaniels, English Springer Spaniels, Welsh Welsh Springer Spaniels Springer Spaniels, Vizslas, Weimaraners Ms. Joy S. Brewster (5904) CT Mr. Timothy R. Childers (95223) IL (203) 426-6586 (217) 546-6193 [email protected] [email protected] American Eskimo Dogs, Chinese Shar-Pei, Australian Terriers, Norfolk Terriers Chow Chows, Finnish , Shiba Inu, Ti - Mrs. Sandra S. Coffman (96285) KS betan Terriers (785) 582-5186 Ms. Kathi Brown (55262) MA [email protected] (978) 897-4717 American Eskimo Dogs [email protected] Mrs. Shirley A. Cole (93493) AZ Boston Terriers, French Bulldogs, Lhasa (480) 948-0657 Apsos, Tibetan Spaniels [email protected] Mrs. Jan Bruton (52245) OR Boxers, Standard Schnauzers, Bedlington (503) 297-7267 Terriers [email protected] Mr. John F. Cramer Jr. (32082) KS Balance of Non-Sporting Group (Chinese (785) 760-1243 Shar-Pei, Norwegian Lundehunds, Shiba [email protected] Inu, Tibetan Terriers, Xoloitzcuintli), Cava - Dachshunds, Bichons Frises, Chinese Shar- lier King Charles Spaniels, Chinese Cresteds, Pei, Poodles Maltese, Shih Tzu Mrs. Cathy H. Daugherty (6219) CT Mrs. Debbie Campbell-Freeman (5535) CA (203) 266-5496 (805) 653-2770 [email protected] [email protected] German Shorthaired Pointers, German Boxers, Doberman , Newfound - Wirehaired Pointers, Chesapeake Bay Re -

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trievers, Curly-Coated Retrievers, Nova Sco - Mr. Geir Flyckt-Pedersen (65804) NC tia Duck Tolling Retrievers, Boykin Spaniels, (919) 706-5746 Spinone Italiani [email protected] Mr. William G. Daugherty (6220) CT Curly-Coated Retrievers, Flat Coated Retriev - (203) 266-5496 ers, Labrador Retrievers, Irish Setters, Irish [email protected] Red & White Setters, Boykin Spaniels, Clum - Afghan Hounds, American Foxhounds, Bas - ber Spaniels, Field Spaniels, Irish Water set Hounds, Bloodhounds, Harriers, Irish Spaniels, Sussex Spaniels, Spinone Italiani, Wolfhounds, Norwegian Elkhounds, Otter - Wirehaired Pointing Griffons hounds, Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens Mr. Kirlyn Fouts (91125) CO Ms. Pamela DeHetre (66060) GA (719) 332-3222 (770) 329-3044 [email protected] [email protected] Basenjis, English Foxhounds, Greyhounds, Balance of Toy Group (Havanese, Italian Ibizan Hounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks Greyhounds, Japanese Chin, Maltese, Toy Ms. Camille Gagnon (96303) SC Fox Terriers) (603) 558-3573 Ms. Elena Edwards (96993) CA [email protected] (951) 302-7256 Giant Schnauzers, Greater Swiss Mountain [email protected] Dogs, Siberian Huskies, Poodles Afghan Hounds, Pharaoh Hounds Ms. Celeste M. Gonzalez (7249) NC Mr. James M. Fankhauser (18843) MI (336) 259-0061 (269) 679-5095 [email protected] [email protected] Balance of Terrier Group (American Belgian Tervuren, Icelandic Sheepdogs, Staffordshire Terriers, Cesky Terriers, Pyrenean Shepherds, Spanish Water Dogs Dandie Dinmont Terriers, Manchester Terri - Mr. Raymond V. Filburn Jr. (2596) NH ers, Norfolk Terriers, Rat Terriers, Russell (603) 659-1119 Terriers, Sealyham Terriers, Staffordshire [email protected] Bull Terriers, Welsh Terriers) Pointers, Golden Retrievers, Labrador Re - Ms. Nancy Olson Handgraaf (91720) WA trievers, English Setters, Gordon Setters, (360) 686-3079 Irish Setters, Irish Red & White Setters, [email protected] Clumber Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, Dogs, Pumik Weimaraners

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Mrs. Suzanne D. Hemminger (15146) IL herd Dogs, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Pulik, (815) 478-0131 Pumik [email protected] Mr. Fred Hyer (94219) MI Lagotto Romagnolo, Pointers, German Wire - (616) 874-3647 haired Pointers, Irish Red & White Setters, [email protected] American Water Spaniels, Boykin Spaniels, Balance of Sporting Group (Flat Coated Re - Clumber Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, English trievers, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriev - Cocker Spaniels, Wirehaired Vizslas ers, Boykin Spaniels, Weimaraners) Mr. Rodney Herner (6081) PA Mrs. Pat M. Jenkins (99451) UT (610) 367-7908 (435) 258-2749 [email protected] [email protected] Balance of Hound Group (American English Bernese Mountain Dogs, Greater Swiss Coonhounds, Black and Tan Coonhounds, Mountain Dogs, Leonbergers Bluetick Coonhounds, English Foxhounds, Ms. Linda L. Kelly (26980) MN Plotts, Portuguese Podengo Pequenos, Red - (612) 810-9968 bone Coonhounds, Sloughis) [email protected] Mr. Ronald V. Horn (65755) CO Brittanys, Labrador Retrievers, Nova Scotia (303) 797-8642 Duck Tolling Retrievers, Gordon Setters, [email protected] Irish Setters, Irish Red & White Setters, Field Balance of Non-Sporting Group (Boston Spaniels, Irish Water Spaniels, Wirehaired Terriers, Lowchen), German Shorthaired Vizslas Pointers, Miniature Schnauzers, Silky Terriers Ms. Gloria Kerr (17561) AZ Ms. Robin A. Hug (67358) CO (520) 762-1922 (303) 838-8400 [email protected] [email protected] Balance of Terrier Group (American Hair - Borzois, Dachshunds, Anatolian Shepherds, less Terriers, Cesky Terriers, Glen of Imaal Bullmastiffs, Cane Corsos, German Pinsch - Terriers, Lakeland Terriers, Parson Russell ers, Giant Schnauzers, Leonbergers Terriers, Sealyham Terriers, Welsh Terriers) Mrs. Linda Hurlebaus (16298) GA Mrs. Margo Klingler (6882) LA (770) 463-0656 (318) 716-1220 [email protected] [email protected] Australian Cattle Dogs, Australian Shep - Lhasa Apsos, Schipperkes, Shiba Inu herds, Border Collies, Bouviers des Flandres, Ms. Dianne Kroll (44743) OR Briards, Finnish Lapphunds, German Shep - (503) 356-1770

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[email protected] Mr. Sidney L. Marx (1470) AZ Beagles, Cirneco dell’Etna, Dachshunds, (480) 264-7078 Ibizan Hounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Sloughis [email protected] Mr. Ted Lee (100557) IN Doberman Pinschers, Bedlington Terriers, (317) 771-5952 Bull Terriers, Glen of Imaal Terriers, Irish [email protected] Terriers, Miniature Bull Terriers Pomeranians, Poodles Mr. Neil McDevitt (91600) OH Ms. Nancy M. Leising (76130) TX (937) 371-8249 (512) 943-0315 [email protected] [email protected] American English Coonhounds, American Black and Tan Coonhounds, Borzois, Red - Foxhounds, Beagles, Bluetick Coonhounds, bone Coonhounds, Scottish Deerhounds Cirneco dell’Etna, English Foxhounds, Nor - Ms. Barbara Lipsky (99847) TX wegian Elkhounds, Portuguese Podengo Pe - (832) 692-7290 quenos, Redbone Coonhounds, Treeing [email protected] Walker Coonhounds Bedlington Terriers, Smooth Fox Terriers, Mr. Brian Meyer (15140) IL Bichons Frises, Poodles (815) 332-4848 Mrs. Nancy Lovelady (97313) CA [email protected] [email protected] Brussels Griffons, Havanese, Manchester Bull Terriers, Smooth Fox Terriers, Minia - Terriers, Miniature Pinschers, Silky Terriers, ture Schnauzers, Soft Coated Wheaten Terri - Toy Fox Terriers ers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, West Mrs. Cindy Meyer (15141) IL Highland White Terriers (815) 332-4848 Ms. Audrey Lycan (5788) GA [email protected] (678) 432-4932 Brussels Griffons, English Toy Spaniels, Ha - [email protected] vanese, Silky Terriers Balance of Toy Group (English Toy Spaniels, Ms. Mary A. Miller (1532) KY Japanese Chin, Manchester Terriers, Toy Fox (859) 272-6964 Terriers), Australian Cattle Dogs, Belgian [email protected] Malinois, Polish Lowland Sheepdogs, Pumik Afghan Hounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, Ms. Claire L. Mancha (56114) OR Plotts, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Scottish Deer - (503) 516-6449 hounds [email protected] Whippets

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Dr. Gareth Morgan-Jones (7230) AL Mr. David J. Peat (6909) AZ (334) 821-7829 (480) 473-4776 [email protected] [email protected] Balance of Sporting Group (Lagotto Romag - Bernese Mountain Dogs, German Pinschers nolo, Wirehaired Vizslas) Mrs. Pamela Peat (5894) AZ Mrs. Shalisa Neely (98547) CA (480) 473-4776 (707) 834-3672 [email protected] [email protected] Keeshonden, Norwegian Lundehunds Dachshunds, Bullmastiffs, Doberman Pin - Mrs. Jean Pero (30743) CO schers, Great Danes, Rottweilers, Samoyeds, (303) 475-7302 Siberian Huskies [email protected] Mr. Bradley K. Odagiri (94657) HI Bullmastiffs, German Pinschers, Giant (808) 373-3838 Schnauzers, Saint Bernards [email protected] Ms. Erika Peters (7424) VA American Eskimo Dogs, Bichons Frises, Chi - (703) 473-3238 nese Shar-Pei, Chow Chows, Xoloitzcuintli [email protected] Mrs. Diane K. Ondo (95991) PA Salukis (610) 970-9122 Mr. Tim Peterson (92446) MN [email protected] (612) 396-3466 Lakeland Terriers, Affenpinschers, Brussels [email protected] Griffons Golden Retrievers, Boxers Ms. Louise Palarik (6054) IL Mr. Richard Powell (17447) PA (847) 487-5677 (717) 367-7082 [email protected] [email protected] American English Coonhounds, Harriers, Affenpinschers, Cavalier King Charles Redbone Coonhounds, Sloughis Spaniels, English Toy Spaniels, Papillons, Ms. Joanne (Jan) Paulk (7477) NM Pekingese, Pomeranians, Poodles, Pugs, (505) 820-6408 Silky Terriers, Yorkshire Terriers [email protected] Mrs. Jacqueline Rayner (19275) NJ Afghan Hounds, Borzois, Cirneco dell’Etna, (609) 587-2586 Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Pharaoh [email protected] Hounds, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds, Balance of Working Group (Boerboels, Chi - Sloughis, Whippets nooks, Tibetan Mastiffs)

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Mr. Joseph Reno (6407) NJ Ms. Barbara C. Scherer (58838) IL (908) 561-7098 (630) 388-8290 [email protected] [email protected] Australian Cattle Dogs, Border Collies Dachshunds, Norwegian Elkhounds Dr. Valeria Rickard (92450) VA Mr. John Schoeneman (98359) NC (703) 919-8753 (704) 455-8113 [email protected] [email protected] Balance of Terrier Group (American Hair - Boston Terriers, Dalmatians, Finnish Spitz, less Terriers, Cesky Terriers, Dandie Din - French Bulldogs, Lhasa Apsos, Norwegian mont Terriers, Glen of Imaal Terriers, Lundehunds, Tibetan Spaniels, Tibetan Ter - Manchester Terriers, Miniature Bull Terri - riers, Xoloitzcuintli ers), Brussels Griffons, Boston Terriers, Mrs. Karen Scholz (100177) WA French Bulldogs, Poodles (425) 877-9537 Mrs. Linda Riedel (2775) WA [email protected] (509) 547-4823 Bulldogs, Dalmatians, Finnish Spitz, French [email protected] Bulldogs, Keeshonden, Lowchen, Poodles, American English Coonhounds, Beagles, Schipperkes, Shiba Inu, Xoloitzcuintli Bloodhounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, Otter - Mr. Danny D. Seymour (6345) VA hounds, Plotts, Redbone Coonhounds, Tree - (804) 733-3239 ing Walker Coonhounds, Bulldogs [email protected] Mrs. Kathleen Ronald (29180) FL Brittanys, German Wirehaired Pointers, (352) 669-0259 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Irish Red & [email protected] White Setters, Cocker Spaniels, Vizslas Balance of Non-Sporting Group (Bichons Mr. Marshall Sherman (47952) CA Frises, Boston Terriers, Coton de Tulear, (760) 942-8801 Dalmatians, French Bulldogs, Lhasa Apsos, [email protected] Schipperkes, Xoloitzcuintli) Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens Dr. Vicki Sandage DVM (98425) KY Mr. Johnny R. Shoemaker (19267) NV (606) 922-9552 (702) 834-6557 [email protected] [email protected] Bouviers des Flandres, Icelandic Sheepdogs, Afghan Hounds, Basset Hounds, Beagles, Pyrenean Shepherds Dachshunds, Norwegian Elkhounds, Rhode - sian Ridgebacks

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Ms. Joyce Siddall (98695) CO Mrs. Anne Marie Taylor (7522) MI (303) 548-1125 (810) 919-9692 [email protected] [email protected] Alaskan Malamutes, Bernese Mountain Brittanys, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Eng - Dogs, Boxers, Giant Schnauzers, Cardigan lish Setters, Gordon Setters, Irish Setters, Welsh Corgis, Collies Weimaraners Mr. Dale D. Simmons (2068) OR Mr. James E. Taylor (7633) MI (503) 998-9963 (810) 498-9723 [email protected] [email protected] Black Russian Terriers, Dogues de Bor - Brittanys, English Setters, Gordon Setters, deaux, Great Pyrenees, Komondorok Irish Setters, Cocker Spaniels, Weimaraners Dr. Geno Sisneros (98459) AL Ms. Laurie King Telfair (18751) TX (952) 240-3489 (214) 801-9334 [email protected] [email protected] Brussels Griffons, Cavalier King Charles German Shorthaired Pointers, English Set - Spaniels, Chihuahuas, Chinese Cresteds, ters, Irish Setters, Irish Red & White Setters, Yorkshire Terriers, Chinese Shar-Pei, Finnish Boykin Spaniels, Sussex Spaniels, Vizslas Spitz, Poodles Ms. Debra Thornton (18837) VA Mrs. Diana L. Skibinski (7258) IN (434) 262-6267 (219) 662-7725 [email protected] [email protected] Cesky Terriers, Kerry Blue Terriers, Man - Japanese Chin chester Terriers, Parson Russell Terriers, Ms. Amy Sorbie (36968) CO Sealyham Terriers, Soft Coated Wheaten (720) 245-5781 Terriers [email protected] Mrs. Patricia Ulloa (5721) CA Boston Terriers, Bulldogs, Keeshonden, (626) 915-4456 Lowchen, Schipperkes, Xoloitzcuintli [email protected] Mr. Thomson Pettus Stanfield Jr. (18810) CO Lagotto Romagnolo (303) 659-3445 Mrs. Sherry Webster (6863) TN [email protected] (901) 289-6239 Balance of Non-Sporting Group (Boston [email protected] Terriers), Borzois, Dachshunds Balance of Working Group (Boerboels, Chi - nooks, Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs, Komondorok, Kuvaszok, Neapolitan Mas -

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tiffs, Tibetan Mastiffs), Shetland Sheepdogs Mrs. Beth Downey (102539) MS Mr. Elliott B. Weiss (6383) OH (410) 829-2455 (440) 557-5484 [email protected] [email protected] Boxers Bullmastiffs, Cane Corsos, Leonbergers, Rot - Mrs. Erica Flahaut (102563) IL tweilers, Samoyeds, Tibetan Mastiffs, (217) 417-1799 Beaucerons, German Shepherd Dogs, Polish [email protected] Lowland Sheepdogs, Pyrenean Shepherds Samoyeds Mrs. Wendy G. Willhauck (6103) MA Dr. Adam Stafford King (49694) IL (508) 339-9242 (812) 568-6972 [email protected] [email protected] Finnish Spitz, Lhasa Apsos Havanese Mrs. Elizabeth C. Smith (102299) MS JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP JUDGING APPLICANTS (228) 332-2544 Miss Mary Lee (103048) MS [email protected] [email protected] Golden Retrievers Miss Alexis Lauren Truesdail (103045) AR (501) 239-0281 APPROVED BREED JUDGES [email protected] Ms. Beverly Andersen (66209) AZ (480) 991-7485 PERMIT JUDGES [email protected] The following persons have been approved on American Staffordshire Terriers, Cairn Terri - a Permit basis for the designated breeds in ac - ers, Lakeland Terriers, Norfolk Terriers, cordance with the current judging approval Norwich Terriers, Parson Russell Terriers, process. They may now accept assignments and Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Welsh Terriers, the fancy may still offer comments to Judging West Highland White Terriers, Poodles Operations. Mrs. Stephanie Hamblin Barnhill (47317) KS (785) 764-1536 NEW BREED JUDGES [email protected] Ms. Bridget J. Brown (102665) AL Australian Shepherds (205) 515-8753 Mr. Lewis W. Bayne (0106) OR [email protected] (575) 708-1817 Boxers [email protected] Afghan Hounds

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Dr. Albert P. Bianchi (5459) VA Samoyeds, Kerry Blue Terriers (757) 672-4868 Mrs. Donna J. Buxton (3850) TX [email protected] (281) 360-9751 Balance of Working Group (Cane Corsos, [email protected] Chinooks, Kuvaszok, Saint Bernards) Chihuahuas, Chinese Cresteds, Maltese, Mrs. Denise A. Borton (91682) MI Miniature Pinschers, Papillons, Silky Terriers (269) 375-0059 Mr. Philip Capozzolo (71729) NY [email protected] (631) 398-9456 Bernese Mountain Dogs, Great Danes, Ku - [email protected] vaszok, Newfoundlands American Eskimo Dogs, Dalmatians, Finnish Ms. Gena Box-Young (99477) TX Spitz, Poodles (979) 574-6230 Mrs. Janet Cohen (90134) NJ [email protected] (516) 459-0211 Akitas, Boxers, Doberman Pinschers, Saint [email protected] Bernards, Siberian Huskies Anatolian Shepherds, Chinooks, German Dr. Mary-Helene (Mimi) Brown (34835) AZ Pinschers (602) 228-9386 Ms. Diane Collings (94897) CA [email protected] (415) 990-3317 Bernese Mountain Dogs, Bullmastiffs, Giant [email protected] Schnauzers, Komondorok, Mastiffs, Rottweil - Alaskan Malamutes, Anatolian Shepherds, ers, Samoyeds Dogues de Bordeaux, Saint Bernards, Mrs. Danelle M. Brown (7231) TX Samoyeds (512) 863-4341 Ms. Kathryn Cowsert (17121) CA [email protected] (925) 672-1765 Basset Hounds, Borzois, Ibizan Hounds, [email protected] Salukis Leonbergers, Miniature Pinschers, Papillons, Mrs. Kathy Bube (37916) IN American Eskimo Dogs, Chinese Shar-Pei, (812) 969-3916 Shiba Inu, Xoloitzcuintli [email protected] Dr. John F. Davidson (25844) IL Shiba Inu (309) 243-7506 Ms. JoAnne M. Buehler (22770) DC [email protected] (301) 590-9056 American Eskimo Dogs, Bichons Frises, [email protected] Finnish Spitz, Keeshonden, Schipperkes Bernese Mountain Dogs, Great Danes,

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Mrs. Nena Dee (22682) VA Greyhounds, Pomeranians (703) 777-6559 Ms. Marie Ann Falconer (51642) MA [email protected] (413) 433-6474 Affenpinschers, Brussels Griffons, Cavalier [email protected] King Charles Spaniels, Havanese, Italian Australian Cattle Dogs, Beaucerons, Old Greyhounds, Japanese Chin, Shih Tzu English Sheepdogs Mrs. Gayle Denman (7289) UT Mrs. Debra Ferguson-Jones (95483) WA (801) 278-3313 (425) 228-9750 [email protected] [email protected] American Staffordshire Terriers, Bedlington Boston Terriers, Chinese Shar-Pei, Chow Terriers, Dandie Dinmont Terriers, Sealy - Chows, Coton de Tulear, Dalmatians, French ham Terriers, West Highland White Terriers Bulldogs, Norwegian Lundehunds, Shiba Mrs. Penny DiSiena (76729) FL Inu, Tibetan Spaniels, Xoloitzcuintli (330) 421-3618 Mr. Alfred J. Ferruggiaro (7410) MD [email protected] (301) 421-1930 American Eskimo Dogs, Chinese Shar-Pei, [email protected] Keeshonden, Poodles Pointers, Basenjis, Borzois, Irish Ms. Gay H. Dunlap (4623) CA Wolfhounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Leon - (505) 660-8080 bergers, Icelandic Sheepdogs, Shetland [email protected] Sheepdogs Rhodesian Ridgebacks Ms. Denise Flaim (100561) NY Mrs. Donna Ernst (91808) OH (516) 676-3398 (440) 773-5052 [email protected] [email protected] Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Irish German Shorthaired Pointer, Flat Coated Wolfhounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Cane Corsos, Retrievers, Irish Red & White Setters, Ameri - Leonbergers can Water Spaniels, Boykin Spaniels, Field Mr. Roger D. Gifford (7132) OH Spaniels, Irish Water Spaniels, Sussex (937) 689-2679 Spaniels, Welsh Springer Spaniels, Spinoni [email protected] Italiani Irish Red & White Setters, Boykin Spaniels, Mr. Ted W. Eubank (53715) TX Irish Water Spaniels, Spinoni Italiano (972) 803-5328 Mrs. Nancy R. Griego (90264) NM [email protected] (505) 681-8020 Affenpinschers, Brussels Griffons, Italian [email protected]

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Tibetan Mastiffs Mr. Douglas A. Johnson (17190) IN Ms. Carolyn A. Herbel (4112) OK (812) 332-5923 (580) 661-3299 [email protected] [email protected] Akitas, Saint Bernards, Bichons Frises, Bull - Pointers, German Wirehaired Pointers, dogs, Chinese Shar-Pei, Finnish Spitz, Lhasa Curly-Coated Retrievers, Flat Coated Retriev - Apsos, Lowchen, Norwegian Lundehunds, ers, Labrador Retrievers, Irish Red & White Tibetan Spaniels, Tibetan Terriers Setters, American Water Spaniels, English Mr. Kristofer Kelso (40630) CT Springer Spaniels, Basenjis, Beagles, Dachs - (203) 520-3867 hunds [email protected] Ms. Dawn Hitchcock (100299) SC Spinoni Italiano, Boston Terriers (864) 238-2742 Mrs. Sandra E. King (44817) IL [email protected] (309) 787-6363 Boxers, Bullmastiffs, Cane Corsos, Saint [email protected] Bernards Bichons Frises, Chow Chows, French Bull - Dr. Vandra L. Huber (6857) WA dogs, Keeshonden, Xoloitzcuintli (425) 881-5809 Dr. Laura LaBounty (96455) NH [email protected] (603) 352-8597 Balance of Toy Group (Brussels Griffons, [email protected] English Toy Spaniels, Italian Greyhounds, Berger Picards, Miniature American Shep - Miniature Pinschers), Australian Cattle herds Dogs, Australian Shepherds, Bouviers des Mrs. Cindy Lane (65098) GA Flandres, Collies, Old English Sheepdogs, (864) 316-6351 Polish Lowland Sheepdogs, Shetland Sheep - [email protected] dogs Brussels Griffons, Chinese Cresteds, Italian Ms. Collette Jaynes (95369) TN Greyhounds, Maltese, Silky Terriers (864) 684-8484 Mr. Michael Leachman (94267) FL [email protected] (904) 309-2000 Curly-Coated Retrievers, Labrador Retriev - [email protected] ers, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, Black and Tan Coonhounds, Scottish Deer - English Setters, Field Spaniels, Irish Water hounds Spaniels, Welsh Springer Spaniels Mr. Richard L. Lewis (18253) WA (509) 697-6032 [email protected]

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Balance of Sporting Group (Lagotto Romag - Irish Red & White Setters, Sussex Spaniels nolo, Nederlandse Kooikerhondje, Pointers, Mrs. Sharon Masnick (97181) SC Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Flat Coated Re - (843) 558-7360 trievers, Gordon Setters, Wirehaired Point - [email protected] ing Griffons, Wirehaired Vizslas), American Brussels Griffons, Italian Greyhounds English Coonhounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, Ms. Ann C. Meyer (81890) FL Plotts (239) 848-6255 Ms. Nancy Liebes (5170) IN [email protected] (713) 254-8106 Cirneco dell’Etna, Irish Wolfhounds, Tree - [email protected] ing Walker Coonhounds Border Terriers, Cesky Terriers, Glen of Dr. A. Todd Miller (96991) MO Imaal Terriers, Parson Russell Terriers, Scot - (573) 560-3383 tish Terriers, Sealyham Terriers, Bichons [email protected] Frises, Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Schip - German Pinschers, Portuguese Water Dogs, perkes Affenpinschers, Cavalier King Charles Mrs. Sharon Marples (97846) ID Spaniels, Papillons, Shih Tzu, Silky Terriers (208) 660-0589 Mr. James Moses (93094) MO [email protected] (770) 329-4768 Bernese Mountain Dogs, Newfoundlands, [email protected] Samoyeds Balance of Toy Group (Toy Fox Terriers) Mr. George E. Marquis (5789) FL Ms. Denny Mounce (7050) TX (603) 770-9830 (281) 468-6484 [email protected] [email protected] Australian Shepherds, Bearded Collies, Australian Shepherds, Beaucerons, Belgian Beaucerons, Berger Picards, Border Collies, Malinois, Belgian Sheepdogs, Belgian Ter - Bouviers des Flandres, Briards, Cardigan vuren, Berger Picards, Canaan Dogs, Entle - Welsh Corgis, Entlebucher Mountain Dogs, bucher Mountain Dogs, Icelandic Icelandic Sheepdogs, Miniature American Sheepdogs, Polish Lowland Sheepdogs Shepherds, Norwegian Buhunds, Polish Ms. Mary C. Murphy-East (36967) MN Lowland Sheepdogs, Pulik, Pumi, Pyrenean (763) 291-2263 Shepherds, Swedish Vallhunds [email protected] Mrs. Shelly Spencer Marx (94215) AZ Basset Hounds, Dachshunds, Portuguese Po - (480) 264-7078 dengo Pequenos, Whippets, Chinese Crest - [email protected] eds

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Mr. Allen L. Odom (5448) CO Boerboel, Cane Corsos, Dogues de Bor - (303) 371-9512 deaux, Great Danes, Komondorok, Kuvas - [email protected] zok, Leonbergers, Neopolitan Mastiffs, Balance of Toy Group (Brussels Griffons, Rottweilers, Tibetan Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, English Toy Mr. Andrew Ritter (92968) NJ Spaniels, Havanese, Japanese Chin, Maltese, (908) 996-7355 Manchester Terriers, Papillons, Pomerani - [email protected] ans, Shih Tzu, Toy Fox Terriers) Cane Corsos, Portuguese Water Dogs, Bou - Mrs. Barbara G. Pepper (5842) NC viers des Flandres (828) 275-4090 Mr. Robert L. Robinson (6039) AZ [email protected] (602) 253-6260 Brittanys, German Shorthaired Pointers, [email protected] Irish Water Spaniels, Spinoni Italiani, Great Pyrenees Weimaraners, Wirehaired Vizslas Ms. Denise A. Ross (37341) AZ Mr. Jeffrey Presley (90010) PA (480) 610-9133 (267) 370-3007 [email protected] [email protected] Cirneco dell’Etna Briards Ms. Cathleen A. Rubens (45591) NC Ms. Carol Pyrkosz (96273) GA (919) 949-4122 (706) 266-5557 [email protected] [email protected] Balance of Working Group (Chinooks) Chinese Cresteds, Poodles Mr. Thomas W. Schulz (94217) WI Mr. Benson E. Ray (97179) SC (920) 867-4960 (843) 933-5390 [email protected] [email protected] Labrador Retrievers, English Setters, Gor - Balance of Toy Group (Brussels Griffons, don Setters Italian Greyhounds, Poodles) Ms. Claudia Seaberg (22813) TN Ms. Kay A. Reamensnyder (6507) WA (615) 403-6126 (360) 887-3449 [email protected] [email protected] Affenpinschers, Cavalier King Charles Bernese Mountain Dogs Spaniels, Chihuahuas, Italian Greyhounds, Mr. Del Richards (16761) CA Papillons, Pomeranians, Pugs, Yorkshire Ter - (408) 848-3336 riers [email protected]

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Mr. Joseph Smith (95833) GA Mr. Frederick Raphael Vogel (91224) CT (678) 412-2268 (860) 963-2247 [email protected] [email protected] Boerboel Balance of Hound Group (Cirneco del - Mrs. Sheila Smith (18648) AL l’Etna, Grand Bassest Griffon Vendeen, Har - (257) 757-1105 riers, Otterhounds, Sloughis) [email protected] Mr. Cledith M. Wakefield (80829) MO American English Coonhounds, Treeing (573) 431-9246 Walker Coonhounds, Whippets [email protected] Mr. Robin L. Stansell (5580) NC Newfoundlands, Saint Bernards, Poodles (919) 359-1150 Mr. Joe C. Walton (5144) NC [email protected] (919) 545-0078 Balance of Toy Group (Havanese, Italian [email protected] Greyhounds, Maltese, Toy Fox Terriers) Alaskan Malamutes, Bernese Mountain Mr. Lawrence C. Terricone (4908) NJ Dogs, Bullmastiffs, Mastiffs, Newfoundlands, (908) 766-7139 Rottweilers, Samoyeds, Standard Schnauzers [email protected] Mr. Jerry M. Watson (2413) TN Affenpinschers, Pekingese (731) 438-0155 Mr. Kenneth Tippie (5329) CA [email protected] (415) 699-5109 Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdogs, Bri - [email protected] ards, Collies Bluetick Coonhounds, Harriers, Norwegian Elkhounds, Otterhounds, Plotts, Redbone JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP JUDGE Coonhounds, Treeing Walker Coonhounds Miss Morgan Miller (102553) PA Mrs. Nancy Tuthill (6729) MD (717) 525-0230 (240) 675-1560 [email protected] [email protected] Brittanys, Vizslas BEST IN SHOW Mr. Darryl Vice (6255) CA The following person, having successfully (760) 322-3275 completed the required Group Assignments [email protected] in the first Variety Group for which they are Balance of Working Group (Chinooks, approved , have been added to the list of Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs, Mastiffs, judges eligible for approval to judge Best In Neapolitan Mastiffs, Tibetan Mastiffs) Show.

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Mr. Lee Herr (6921) AZ Mr. Robert K. Lentz (480) 634-7718 Mrs. Dorothy F. Martin [email protected] Mr. Edward A. Martin Mrs. Sylvia K. Reitman CONFORMATION JUDGE: RESIGNED JUNIOR SHOW - Mrs. Mona Simmons MANSHIP Mr. Eugene Singer The judge below has notified AKC to resign his privileges for the following: DECEASED CONFORMATION JUDGES Mr. Allen L. Odom (5448) CO Mrs. Marilyn Burdett (303) 371-9512 Mrs. Jane Fox [email protected] Mr. J. Johnson JS Dr. Charles Kitchell Mr. Ronald Lambert RESIGNED CONFORMATION JUDGES Mrs. Betty A. Radezevich Mrs. Norma C. Baley Mr. Richard Samide Mr. David Behrens Mr. Don Smith Mr. George D. Boulton Mr. Eugene Tomlinson, Jr. Ms. Sherry S. Caldwell Mr. Barry M. Tompkins Mrs. Ann Harris-Chaffin Mrs. Barbara L. Kalbach APPLICATION FOR BREED-SPECIFIC Mrs. Charlotte Laning REGISTERED NAME PREFIX Ms. Annita Darlene Mantei The following applications for a breed-specific Mrs. Nash Parker Registered Name Prefix have been submitted Mrs. Lillian L. Tiffany to The American Kennel Club. Letters in re - gard to these applications should be addressed EMERITUS CONFORMATION JUDGES to Gina DiNardo, Executive Secretary: Mrs. Jeannine E. Adams A & M – Pomeranian – Julie Thorson Mrs. Dolores Arste GANDHARA – Afghan Hounds – Nayer G. Mr. Leon A. Breault Homsi Mrs. Barbara A. Gomez NOBILISE – Miniature Schnauzers – Lynn J. Mr. Clinton M. Harris Barbour Mrs. Georgia Harris OLD SOUL – Black & Tan Coonhounds – Mr. Lyle M. Harstad Raven M. Klone Mr. Russell Kaufman ROCKSTARZ – Australian Shepherds – Jenny

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N. Woelzlein WOLFSTRAUM – German Shepherd Dogs – ROLL-ABOUT – Pekingese – Carrie Forsyth Lee Hough SIGNATURE – Pembroke Welsh Corgis – Julie A. Testerman SU-LE – Maltese – Barbara J. Bergquist TREASURES – Akitas – Olga Sarbinowska

REGISTERED NAME PREFIXES GRANTED The following applications for a breed-specific Registered Name Prefix have been granted: ALYDAR – Pointers & Chihuahuas – Rachael Murphy APPALACHIA MTN – St. Bernards – Charity E. Forbes CRYPTIC – Cane Corsos – Andrew C. Elias EMPYRE – Staffordshire Bull Terriers – Evelyn Y. Rodriguez & Lea C. Rodriguez GLADWYN – Border Collies – Doreen Kropf & Lori Davidson HALL-OF-FAME – Rottweilers – Evelyn M. Feather JAPATUL – Labrador Retrievers – Bonnie J. Hansen KALISTA – Portuguese Water Dogs – Linda K. Hunt MAKEFIELD – Golden Retrievers – Curtis Seifert & Sheri B. Silverstein NIGHTHAWK – Rottweilers & Cavalier King Charles Spaniels – Daviann L. Mitchell STORMWATCH – Flat-Coated Retrievers – Kathryn E. Leonhardt SUGARNSPICE – Collies – Mara B. Flood & Rebecca L. Flood WELWYN – Scottish Terriers – Lori P. Kelly

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gate Rules Committee asking them to consider a rule change that would eliminate limited registration. Mr. Sprung agreed that the staff can provide parent clubs with statis - tics on litter, dog and limited registration for BOARD OF DIRECTORS their respective breed. AUGUST 7-8, 2017 Fundraising Department Mr. Sprung introduced Robert Holcomb, The Board convened on Monday, August 7, AKC’s new Executive Director of Develop - 2017 at 8:00 a.m. All Directors were present. ment. Mr. Holcomb gave an overview of his Also present was the Executive Secretary. background in fundraising and his vision for The July 2017 Board minutes, copies of how the new department would operate. Giv - which were provided to all Directors, were dis - ing initiatives will be planned for all of AKC’s cussed. Upon a motion by Dr. Davies, sec - affiliates, which include, AKC Canine Health onded by Mr. Menaker, the July 2017 minutes Foundation, AKC Reunite, AKC Humane were approved unanimously, except for an ab - Fund and the AKC Museum of the Dog as well stention by Mr. Feeney because he was not in as AKC. One of the first initiatives will be a attendance at the July meeting. crowd funding program for the Humane Fund surrounding Domestic Violence Awareness PRESIDENT’S REPORT month which is October. Board Action Items Legal Status Report Mr. Sprung reviewed Action Items, and re - Jay Waks, Senior Executive Vice President and ported on staff initiatives. There was discus - General Counsel and Heather McManus, Vice sion by the Board concerning reporting of President and Deputy General Counsel, pre - efforts to increase registrations, entries and sented a status report on pending litigation breeders as well as focus by staff to convert and other Legal activities for the months of registerable dogs to registered dogs. There was June and July 2017. debate about the impact of limited registra - EXECUTIVE SESSION tion. It was the sense of the Board that limited There was an EXECUTIVE SESSION to dis - registration was negatively impacting entries cuss sensitive business matters. There was and registration totals. There was a motion by nothing reported out of this session. Mr. Wooding, seconded by Dr. Davies, and it FINANCE was VOTED (unanimously), to instruct the Ex - Joseph Baffuto, CFO, presented AKC’s unau - ecutive Secretary to send a memo to the Dele - dited financial results through the seven

AKC GAZETTE 23 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES months ended July 31, 2017. Total revenues of AKC Secretary’s Page for comment. $41.5 million were 1.1% above budget and Russian Toy Parent Club 10% greater than 2016. Dog Registrations vol - The Board reviewed a request from the parent ume was 2% above budget and 7% higher club of the Russian Toy, the Russian Toy Club than 2016, along with Litters processed being of America. The club requests approval by the 2% above budget and 7% higher than last year Board to move the breed into the Miscella - as well. Total operating expenses of $36.8 mil - neous Class. lion were 8.6% below budget, but 9.1% higher The Board of Directors approved the Russian than 2016 predominately due to increased Toy to be eligible for recording in the Founda - headcount reflected in Payroll and Benefits tion Stock Service® (FSS®) program with a Toy costs. YTD Operating income of $4.7 million designation in 2008. The Russian Toy Club of significantly exceeded both the budget of America has met the requirements of the $816,000 for the seven-month period, as well Recognition of New Breeds Board Policy ap - as the prior year’s recorded actual of $4.0 mil - proved in February 2017. Requirements in - lion. Our investment portfolio reflects unreal - clude an active parent club, with serious and ized gains on investments totaling $7.3 million expanding breeding activity over a wide geo - year to date, which combined with operating graphic area, and documented club activity. income reflects AKC as a total net income of This will be discussed further at the October $12.0 million at July 31, 2017. meeting. New Breed for the Foundation Stock Service – EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Hanoverian Scenthound Mari-Beth O’Neill, Vice President Sport Serv - The Board was advised that the Foundation ices, participated in this portion of the meet - Stock Service (FSS) Committee approved a pe - ing by videoconference. tition for the Hanoverian Scenthound to be Great Dane Proposed Breed Standard Revision accepted into the FSS program. The Board reviewed proposed changes to the New Breed for the Foundation Stock Service – Size, Proportion, Substance; Head; Forequar - Yakutian ters; Hindquarters; Color, Markings and Pat - The Board was advised that the Foundation terns; and Disqualifications sections of the Stock Service (FSS) Committee approved a pe - Great Dane Breed Standard as submitted by tition for the Yakutian Laika to be accepted the Great Dane Club of America, Inc.(GDCA). into the FSS program. Following a motion by Dr. Garvin, seconded Teddy Roosevelt Terrier by Ms. Biddle, it was VOTED (unanimously) to The American Teddy Roosevelt Terrier Club publish the proposed breed standard in the requests to be designated as the Parent Club

AKC GAZETTE 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES for the Breed, allowing the club to hold Open As of July 18, 2017, Congress, 10 states and Shows. Puerto Rico are in session. The AKC GR team The American Teddy Roosevelt Terrier Club is currently monitoring approximately 1,700 has an active membership participating in pieces of legislation that could impact respon - Companion Events and FSS Open Shows when sible dog ownership, the health and wellbeing available. The club provides regular updates of dogs, the rights of dog owners, and/or the on club activities and Board Meetings. interests of the American Kennel Club. We are The Board was advised that without objec - also monitoring approximately 375 proposed tion, the American Teddy Roosevelt Terrier regulation changes at the state and federal Club shall be designated as the Parent Club level. representing the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier with The AKC’s Mid-Atlantic/Washington DC the AKC. There was no objection. conference took place on April 30 – May 1, in Communication and Public Relations Second Alexandria, Virginia, and Washington DC. The Quarter Report conference program provided participants The AKC Communications department pre - with information, insight and advocacy assis - sented media coverage totals and high impact tance on specific legislation and policy trends activities for the second quarter. currently impacting or expected to impact TOTALS: their communities and states. The conference Total Clips Evaluated in Q2: 2,519 provided information on how dog lovers can Q2 Audience Reached: 4,560,490,475 work together to protect their rights and pro - Publicity Value for Q2: $459,468,676.63 vided tools and resources for advocating suc - Select Media Coverage: cessfully for dogs, educating about the benefits

Date Media Outlet Subject Audience of responsible dog ownership, and fighting

6/1/17 Men’s Journal Best dog breeds for different lifestyles 758,298 misinformation and harmful proposals. It

6/19/17 Family Circle Canine water safety tips 4,031,653 urged and empowered legislative liaisons, fed -

6/21/17 Fox & Friends Bathing your dog 1,880,000 eration leaders and other advocates to in -

6/27/17 The Manual Best dog breeds for runners 148,317 crease their involvement in the political process, and to exchange ideas, share experi - Government Relations Second Quarter Report ences and lessons learned to achieve positive The Government Relations department pro - canine policy outcomes. vided an informational update for the second The second day of the conference, sched - quarter of 2017 and a status update on current uled to coincide with National Purebred Dog department activity, major projects, significant Day, took place at the U.S. Capitol, and fo - legislative issues and accomplishments cused on federal initiatives.

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Federal Lobby Day: Following a morning of More than 200 members of Congress, staff seminars and discussion, participants had the and guests stopped by to meet dogs, share in opportunity to meet with their Congressional the celebration and express support. Members representatives and staff to discuss canine pol - who addressed the gathering included: Sena - icy issues. They used AKC talking points on tor Thom Tillis, Congressman Ralph Abra - the role of kennel clubs and breeders in their ham, Congressman Ron DeSantis, community, dog trafficking, rescue retail im - Congressman David Rouzer, Congressman ports, service dogs for veterans, the shortage Kurt Schrader, and Congressman Ted Yoho. of domestically-bred detection dogs and other AKC GR Southern Legislative Conference issues. As part of the lobby day, Kent Boyles, (Fall 2017): GR Staff is currently preparing for breeder/owner/handler of German Shepherd a third regional conference in mid-September Dog “Rumor”, the winner of the 2015 AKC Na - that will emphasize federation building, proac - tional Championship and the 2017 Westmin - tive policy development, and legislative strat - ster KC Dog Show, toured the capitol and met egy for key areas of the South. Attendees from more than 50 members of the U.S. House and throughout the country are welcome, but the Senate. conference will focus on capacity building and Congressional Reception to Honor and Raise issues most relevant to Florida, Georgia, Ala - Awareness about Purebred Dogs: On the bama, Tennessee, Mississippi and the Caroli - evening of May 1, AKC hosted a reception at nas. the U.S. Capitol for members of Congress and their staff in honor of National Purebred Dog BUSINESS UPDATE Day. Highlights of the reception included: The Growth Group provided an update on key President Dennis Sprung’s presentation of the initiatives including: AKC K9 Officer Award to the U.S. Capitol Po - • Call center –Customer Service has ex - lice K9 Unit; Celebration of House and Senate panded hours as of August 2nd. (8:30 a.m. – Companion Resolutions H. Con. Res. 46 and 8:00 p.m.) Sen. Res. 144, honoring May 1 as National • Events Search redesign Purebred Dog Day; A meet and greet by ca - • Registration Value Proposition – new on - nine representatives of the seven AKC groups; line messaging conveying the benefits of Ten educational stations raising awareness AKC dog registration and optimized user about the purpose, predictability, preservation experience was implemented. and pride associated with purebred dogs and • 6 introductory videos are being created to their breeders, as well as information about educate dog owners about AKC’s Farm AKC’s good works. Dog Certified Test; the S.T.A.R Puppy and

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CGC programs; Conformation events – COMPANION AND PERFORMANCE how a dog show works; how to get started Doug Ljungren, Vice President Sport and showing dogs; and the Agility Course Events, Caroline Murphy, Director of Perform - Test (ACT). ance Events, and Stephanie Kennerley, Sports • AKC.org relaunch and Events Project Coordinator participated Also noted was that registration continues in this portion of the meeting by videoconfer - to grow month-to-date up 7% vs 2016; ence. Carrie DeYoung, Director of Agility and Marketplace litter opt-in reached a 21% Mary Burch Director of Canine Good Citizen opt-in rate and advertising sales continue participated in this portion of the meeting via to be positive. phone conference. Parent Club Performance Event – Recognizing Canine College Drafting Titles for Leonbergers An AKC Groomer safety Course launched in The Board reviewed a request from The Leon - the Canine College in July and three new berger Club of America to permit Leonberg - breed courses were launched: Grand Basset ers earning titles in the club’s Draft Program Griffon Vendéen, Nederlandse Kooikerhondje to be eligible for drafting title recognition. and Pharaoh Hound. There are seven other breeds that currently have their drafting titles recognized by AKC. COMPLIANCE The Leonberger Club of America (LCA) Jay Waks, Senior Executive Vice President and Draft Test is a series of exercises designed to General Counsel and Heather McManus, Vice demonstrate the abilities of the Leonberger to President and Deputy General Counsel, partic - perform in a working capacity including haul - ipated in this portion of the meeting. Wanda ing freight. The performance of these skills is Forlines, Director of Compliance and Marcus intended to demonstrate teamwork between Bach, Director of Investigations and Inspec - dog and handler resulting from both natural tions, participated by videoconference. ability and training that are applicable to real - The Compliance department presented a istic work situations. quarterly report of activity within the depart - The LCA Draft Test has eight classes: Novice ment. Draft Dog, Novice Draft Dog Veteran, Brace Novice Draft Dog, Brace Novice Draft Dog Vet - The following AKC Management actions eran, Open Draft Dog, Open Draft Dog Vet - were reported: eran, Brace Open Draft Dog, and Brace Open (Final Board Disciplinary actions are reported Draft Dog Veteran. In the Veteran classes, on the Secretary’s Page.) older dogs compete in the same exercises but

AKC GAZETTE 27 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES are required to haul less weight than in the • Trick Dog Performer (TKP) - Each dog Regular classes. does at least 10 intermediate and ad - This request will be discussed further at the vanced tricks put into a routine. October Board meeting. Herding – Allow Ranch Course D The response to the Trick Dog program has The Board reviewed a recommendation from been overwhelming. As of July 14 (11 weeks the Performance Events department to allow since launch), we have received over 6,500 an additional type of herding course known as title applications. Since the launch of the Course D into the AKC herding program. Trick Dog program, there has been a notice - Course D is described as a ranch or stock dog able increase in new CGC Evaluator applica - course which scores a dog’s ability to perform tions per month. The number of currently and assist a farmer or rancher with herding approved Evaluators is at an all-time high. tasks consistent with those actually needed on There are now over 11,500 Evaluators acting a ranch, farm or stockyard. as advocates for the AKC. This recommendation will be discussed fur - The program has also succeeded in attract - ther at the October Board meeting. ing new dog owners to the AKC, as indicated AKC Trick Dog Program Status Report by the fact that the trick dog title is the only The staff provided the Board a status report title that 30% of these dogs have earned. regarding the new AKC Trick Dog program. The AKC Trick Dog program was launched EXECUTIVE SESSION on May 1, 2017. There are four levels of titles: There was an EXECUTIVE SESSION to dis - • Novice (TKN) - Dogs perform 10 novice cuss sensitive business matters. There was tricks. Examples include: on cue nothing reported out of this session. (“speak”), high five, crawl, and jump through a low hoop. CONFORMATION • Intermediate (TKI) - Dogs perform 10 in - Doug Ljungren, Vice President Sports and termediate tricks. Examples are: carry a Events, Mari-Beth O’Neill, Vice President basket, rollover, jump through handler’s Sport Services, Glenn Lycan, Director Opera - arms, and wave good-bye. tion Support, Alan Slay, Director Event Pro - • Advanced (TKA) - Dogs perform 5 ad - grams, and Bri Tesarz, Manager Dog Show vanced tricks. Examples include: take a Rules, participated in this portion of the meet - bow, circle right/left, play dead, cover ing via videoconference. your eyes, open mailbox/refrigerator and Allowing BPUP Events in Conjunction with B- take out an object. Matches

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The Board reviewed a recommendation from tion may be listed as any date and time Staff to allow 4-6 Month Beginner Puppy Com - prior to the event including the same day petitions (BPUP) to be held on the same day as the event and must be listed in the pre - and at the same location as the club’s Confor - mium list, entry form and judging sched - mation B-Match. Current BPUP Regulations ule. require that the competition can only be of - • AKC registration number or an AKC litter fered at a point show. Following a motion by number will be required for entries of an Ms. McAteer, seconded by Mr. Carota, it was AKC recognized breed as listed in Chap - VOTED (unanimously), to consider the mat - ter 3, Section 1 of the Rules Applying to ter at this meeting, waiving the usual notice re - Dog Shows. quirements. • A foreign born dog may enter this class if Following a motion from Ms. McAteer, sec - they are registered in the country of ori - onded by Ms. Biddle, it was VOTED (unani - gin. mously), to modify the BPUP regulations to • FSS number or FSS registered litter num - allow clubs to hold the competition with ei - ber will be required for Miscellaneous ther a point show or a Conformation B Match and FSS breed entries. that is held at the same location. • All entrants are to be vaccinated (includ - This recommendation is a change to Regula - ing ) in accordance with their vet - tions and is effective September 1, 2017. erinarian’s protocol. • Dogs that are owned or co-owned by a Sanctioned Four-to-Six Month (Beginner Puppy) professional handler may compete in this Competition Regulations class, but must be handled by a non-pro - (effective September 1, 2017) fessional handler. Professional handlers are defined as any person who belongs or Section 2 – Entry and Eligibility has belonged to a professional handlers’ Entry and eligibility requirements include: organization, distributed rate cards, or • The Four-to-Six Month Puppy event may otherwise advertised or represented be offered at licensed or member dog shows themselves as handling dogs for pay or conformation B-matches at the option of within the last five years. Dogs may not be the show giving club. exhibited by current assistants and house - • Four-to-Six Month Puppy Competition hold members of a professional handler. must be listed in the premium list, entry form and judging schedule, if offered. Section 5– Administration • Closing date and time for this competi - Four-to-Six Month Puppy competition will be

AKC GAZETTE 29 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES offered in a separate ring(s) from the regular lected activities. It is a Sports & Events initia - class judging in order to avoid delays in the tive to increase the number of sports/attrac - judging of regular classes. Classes will not be tions at events. In some cases the activity is divided by sex in this competition. Entry fees held by a nearby AKC club with AKC sport will be determined by the show-giving club. knowledge and equipment. In other cases, the The show results and event service fee of $2.00 activity is provided by an outside organization per entry must be submitted to AKC Event such as a local training facility. Operations within seven (7) days of the event In order to support clubs holding or de - (electronic results submissions are preferred). sirous of holding multi-sport activities, the AKC is developing a “letter of understanding.” When Four to Six Month Beginner Puppy This letter will allow clubs to state their expec - competition is held in conjunction with a B- tations and agree to uphold those expecta - Match, the breeds (all breeds, breeds of a spe - tions while providing a useable document that cific group, or breed only) offered at the Four will support the promotion and execution of to Six Month Beginner Puppy competition multi-sport events. must be the same or fewer than those offered at the B-Match. CLUBS The Board reviewed a report on: Clubs holding Four-to-Six Month Puppy MEMBER CLUB BYLAWS APPROVED IN JUNE AND competition will receive credit for completing JULY both a Major Activity as well as an Additional Corn Belt Kennel Club, McLean County, Activity for judges gaining experience on their IL (1954) unapproved breeds by judging at the event. Dealing with Misconduct will be applicable to Corpus Christi Kennel Club, Corpus any person and dog entered at this competition. Christi, TX (1998) All applicable rules found in Rules Applying to Dog Shows will govern the conduct of this com - Pekingese Club of America (1909) petition unless these regulations state otherwise. Virginia Kennel Club, Richmond, VA Multi-Sport Events–Assisting Clubs With Contract - (1936) ing-Out Selected Activities Staff provided the Board with information re - NEW CLUBS LICENSED APPROVED IN JUNE AND lated to AKC’s support of clubs wishing to JULY hold multi-sport events by contracting-out se - Bergamasco Sheepdog Club of America

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Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen Club of The AKC assumes that a judge will judge on America the merits of the dogs presented to him or her and will not allow other factors to Licking Creek Coon Hunters Association, affect his or her decisions. Past and - Harrisonville, PA rent associations will not diminish that as - sumption unless it becomes apparent that Wheatstate Agility Group of Northeast favoritism has entered into a judge's de - Kansas liberations.

JUDGING OPERATIONS 2. The Board approved effective immedi - Tim Thomas, Director Judging Operations, ately, the following clarification participated in this portion of the meeting. [P] Judges may not accept assignments for Doug Ljungren, Vice President Sports and any conformation type competition Events, participated in this portion of the where the potential exists to judge multi - meeting via teleconference. ple entries of the same breed prior to an Rules, Policies and Guidelines for Conformation assignment to judge the regular classes in Dog Show Judges that breed at the same show, circuit, week - The Board reviewed a memorandum that rec - end, or cluster. This includes but is not ommended revisions to specific sections of the limited to: Sweepstakes, Futurities, any Rules, Policies and Guidelines for Conformation “Special Attraction” that features multiple Dog Show Judges to provide clarity to individuals entries of a breed, multiple-entry non-reg - who may be approved to judge AKC Confor - ular classes, and Coonhound Bench mation events. Shows held prior to the regular classes. Following a motion by Dr. Battaglia, sec - Judges may accept assignments for single onded by Ms. Biddle, it was VOTED (unani - entry special attraction groups (Veteran, mously) to approve two changes: Puppy or BBE Group) and the 4-6 month 1. The Board, as recommended by the Del - Beginner Puppy Competition the days be - egate Dog Show Rules Committee, approved fore or after having judged the regular the addition of the following passage to the classes for breed(s) competing in that Rules, Policies, and Guidelines for Conformation competition. Dog Show Judges , inserted as the first paragraph in the ETHICS: HONESTY AND COMMON Measuring Procedures Across Sports SENSE section. The Board reviewed a report on the measur - ing process associated with the sports of Agility

AKC GAZETTE 31 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES and Conformation. The memorandum com - CONSENT pared the purpose and procedures associated Following a motion by Dr. Battaglia, seconded with measuring dogs for each sport. There was by Mr. Dok it was VOTED (unanimously) to discussion if the procedures should be exactly approve the following Consent Items: the same across sports. After discussion, there Delegate Approvals was a sense of the Board that there was no Cocker Proposed Breed Standard need to modify Rules, Polices and/or Regula - Revision tions. Parent Club Performance Event – Giant A summary of the differences in philosophy Schnauzers Eligible to Earn IPO Titles and procedure was presented: American Staffordshire Terriers – Tempera - ment Test Title 1. Agility measurement is to establish jump Spaniel National Championship Field Trials height; Conformation measurement de - – Minimum Standard of Competition termines if dog meets its standard or a Hunting Tests – Providing Clubs condition of class. Flexibility in Structuring Events 2. Agility Regulations allow for permanent Retriever Hunting Tests – Two Technical jump height to be determined by meas - Recommendations urement from 2-3 different officials, Rules Airedale Terrier Club of America – Fur Applying to Dog Shows clearly give sole Tracking and Trailing Titles authority to the judge on the day in the determination of whether the dog’s Delegate Approvals height conforms to the standard, 3. Agility dogs are to relax for the measure - Connie Brunell, Spangle, WA ment to error on the side of safety for To represent Inland Empire Kennel Club jumping; Conformation dogs are stacked square and at attention to get a “true Richard LeBeau, Pittsburgh, PA measurement” of the dog’s height. To represent English Toy Spaniel Club of 4. Agility Regulations acknowledge that dif - America ferent results may be obtained from meas - urements; Rules Applying to Dog Shows Frank Meister, West Hollywood, CA recognizes different results may be re - To represent Pacific Coast Pekingese Club ceived from measurements as three meas - urements out from three different judges Aubrey Nash, Oklahoma City, OK are required for a permanent effect. To represent Town and Country Kennel Club

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Amy J. Schwoeble, Lake Wylie, SC Tracking Test To represent Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of FH1 Advanced Tracking America FH2 Superior Tracking

Sharon Weston, Grants Pass, OR These are the same as the titles that AKC al - To represent Rogue Valley Kennel Club ready acknowledges for several other working breeds. Cocker Spaniel Proposed Breed Standard Revision American Staffordshire Terriers – Temperament The Board VOTED to permit the American Test Title Spaniel Club, Inc. (ASC), to ballot its member - The Board VOTED to approve a recommenda - ship on the proposed standard revisions for tion from the Staffordshire Terrier Club of the Cocker Spaniel in accordance with its Con - America for the AKC to acknowledge the Tem - stitution and Bylaws. perament Test title (TT) awarded to American Parent Club Performance Event – Giant Schnau - Staffordshire Terriers by the American Tem - zers Eligible to Earn IPO Titles perament Testing Society(ATTS). The Board VOTED to approve a request from Temperament is an important characteristic the Giant Club of America to have for any breed. The American Staffordshire AKC acknowledge IPO () titles Terrier parent club is being proactive by pro - earned in Working Riesenschnauzer Federa - moting the importance of temperament. The tion events. parent club asked that AKC acknowledge this The Giant Schnauzer Club of America does title (TT) in order to have it will appear on not administer their own Parent Club AKC pedigrees. schutzhund events. Instead, the breed partici - The American Temperament Testing Society pates in titling events held by Working Riesen - is a national not-for-profit organization schnauzer Federation (WRSF). WRSF is a founded in 1977. ATTS provides a uniform non-profit organization founded in 1991 in temperament evaluation open to all dogs over order to hold working dog events for Giant 18 months of age. The test involves ten com - Schnauzers. The schutzhund titles that AKC ponents that test for behavior toward will record for Giant Schnauzers are: strangers, reaction to auditory stimuli, reac - Begleihund BH (Obedience/Temperament test) tion to visual stimulus (the umbrella pop), re - International Prufung (Test) action to unusual footing, and reaction to an IPO1 Novice level (Schutzhund using Int’l rules) unusually dressed threatening stranger. A dog IPO2 Intermediate Level fails if it shows panic, strong avoidance without IPO3 Master Level recovery or unprovoked aggression.

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Spaniel National Championship Field Trials – Mini - these minimum standards. mum Standard of Competition The Board VOTED to amend the Field Trial Subsequent Sections in this Chapter will be renum - Rules and Standard Procedures for Spaniels , Chap - bered. ter 15 to establish a minimum standard of competition for Spaniel National Champi - Retriever Hunting Tests – Providing Clubs Flexibil - onship field trials. ity in Structuring Events Field Trial Rules and Standard Procedures The Board VOTED to amend the Regulations for Spaniels and Guidelines for AKC Hunting Tests for Retriev - CHAPTER 15 ers , Chapter 1, Section 3, to allow clubs the New SECTION 22. National Championships – flexibility to provide the testing levels that best Minimum Standard of Competition. In order fits their needs and resources including sea - to qualify as a National Championship or Ama - sonality limitations. The limitation on what a teur National Championship stake, a mini - club may hold is shifted from number of mum standard of competition must be events to number of testing levels. achieved. The minimum standards are: (1) The limitation on how many Retriever hunt - There must be at least 35 starters; (2) For an ing tests a club may hold per calendar year is Open National Championship, the minimum replaced with a limitation on how many of qualification to enter the stake shall be one each testing level a club many hold per year. placement in an AKC Open All-Age or Quali - Proposed Regulation changes (underlined) fied Open All-Age stake in the three years CHAPTER 1 prior to the first day of the Championship stake; (3) For an Amateur National Champi - Section 3. Making Application. onship, the minimum qualification to enter Starting with paragraph #5. the stake shall be one placement in an AKC A local club is permitted to hold as many Amateur All-Age stake in the three years prior events per calendar year as it desires – but no to the first day of the Championship stake. more than six Master, six Senior, and six Jun - The AKC may periodically review and update ior tests – provided the following requirements these standards. for testing levels offered are met. (Note: An If these minimum standards are not achieved, event is defined as an event number.) the stake may be held and it will count as an (a) A club holding two or less events per cal - Open All-Age or Amateur All-Age stake. endar year may offer Junior only or Junior/Se - The host Parent club may establish National nior level tests. A club holding two or less Championship qualifications that exceed events per calendar year may not offer Master

AKC GAZETTE 34 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES only tests. different from the previous series so as to not (b) A club holding more than two events confuse the dogs by running them over per calendar year may offer Master only tests ground used in the previous series. provided the Junior and Senior test are each Guidelines for the Hunting Test Regulations for offered at least two times during the year. A Retrievers club holding more than two Junior and/or PART I – Hunting Test Planning, Mechan - Senior level tests per calendar year must offer ics and Setup. at least one Master test during the year. No Test Dogs. Starting with paragraph #3. testing level may be offered more than six When a series is discontinued after one or times per calendar year. more dogs have run, the Judges shall ex - (c) Testing levels may be offered in any ercise care to locate the new series in an order during the year or in any combination area different from that which the origi - at an event provided the club fulfills the re - nal series was held. By doing so, they can quirements sometime during the calendar fairly re-evaluate the abilities of the dog year. Clubs that do not meet the requirements or dogs that have already run in the area will be restricted in their flexibility to hold used for the discontinued hunting situa - events and will be subject to a fine. tion. This same requirement applies to (d) A club holding its first licensed Re - running separate series in a test. triever Hunting Test may offer a junior only or 2) Reword the distance that the birds shall a Junior/Senior level test if it desires. be presented in a walk-up situation to state a maximum of 45 yards rather than The remaining paragraphs in this section are from 35 to 45 yards. This will provide unchanged. judges greater flexibility in setting up their test. Retriever Hunting Tests – Two Technical Recom - Chapter 3, Section 18. Walk Ups. mendations In Senior and Master hunting tests, a walk The Board VOTED to amend the Regulations up is used to test a dog’s steadiness. The and Guidelines for AKC Hunting Tests for Retriev - birds represent a surprise situation there - ers, based on recommendations from the fore gunning stations must be well con - Hunting Test Advisory Committee. These cealed, utilizing natural cover when changes (underlined below) to the Regula - possible so that only the bird may be seen tions are effective September 1, 2017. when launched. Birds shall be presented at 1) When judges set up a subsequent series, a maximum distance of 45 yards of the dog the new series shall be in an area sufficiently with no attention getting devices utilized.

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The remaining paragraphs in this section hibitors and ring stewards to wear club cloth - are unchanged. ing, AKC event clothing, or clothing display - ing the person’s name, the dog’s call name Airedale Terrier Club of America – Fur Tracking and/or the dog’s picture. The dog’s titles and Trailing Titles would not be allowed, nor would writing or The Board VOTED to approve a request from graphics be allowed that was in poor taste or the Airedale Terrier Club of America (ATCA). in conflict with a sponsor of the event. This is The ATCA is asking for AKC to recognize consistent with the governing regulations for three titles as part of the AKC Parent Club Per - the AKC Agility and Tracking programs and formance Event Title Recognition Program would make all Companion Events programs that are offered in the ATCA’s fur tracking the same. and trailing test. This test is non-competitive Following a motion from Mr. Wooding, sec - and measures the ability of an Airedale to onded by Mr. Powers it was VOTED unani - track the scent trail of quarry accurately to a mously to amend (changes underlined below) treed location. the Obedience and Rally Regulations to allow The three levels offered are - Junior, Senior for the recommendation. and Master. Each test level is scored on a scale of 0 to 10 in 5 specific elements – striking, OBEDIENCE REGULATIONS tracking, treeing, staying, and determination. Chapter 1. General Regulations To earn a qualifying score, a dog cannot re - Section 10. Identification. Club clothing, ceive less than 5 in any one element and the AKC event clothing, or breed clothing may be overall average of all abilities must be greater worn by anyone exhibiting a dog or by ring than 7. A qualifying score is needed to earn a stewards. Clothing may display the person’s title in any given level. The titles earned and name, the dog’s call name and/or the dog’s that will be recognized are called: picture. Titles may not be displayed. Writing Junior Fur Tracker = JFT or graphics on the clothing must not be in Senior Fur Tracker = SFT poor taste or contain profanity. Clothing must Master Fur Tracker = MFT not display any information that would be in conflict with a sponsor of the trial. Obedience and Rally Apparel in the Ring This memo removed from the Consent RALLY REGULATIONS agenda for discussion. Chapter 1. General Regulations The Board discussed a recommendation Section 9. Identification. Club clothing, AKC from the Companion Events Staff to allow ex - event clothing, or breed clothing may be worn

AKC GAZETTE 36 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES by anyone exhibiting a dog or by ring stew - will be located on the 5th floor and the AKC ards. Clothing may display the person’s name, Museum located on Ground and 3rd Floors the dog’s call name and/or the dog’s picture. (contiguous). Titles may not be displayed. Writing or graph - Key milestone targets for the build out of the ics on the clothing must not be in poor taste spaces were reviewed, including necessary per - or contain profanity. Clothing must not dis - mitting requirements. Everything is on sched - play any information that would be in conflict ule. Current plans are for the Headquarters to with a sponsor of the trial. open on or about the 3rd quarter of 2018 and for the Museum to open in the first quarter of The Board adjourned at 4:57p.m. 2019. Blocking Plans for the Museum were re - viewed as were the test fit details for the 5th Meeting reconvened on Tuesday, August 9, floor. 2017 at 9:05 am. Judging Approval Process The Chairman had appointed a committee to All Directors were present as was the Execu - evaluate the current Judging Approval system tive Secretary. with a plan to recommend changes which will improve the current process. As a temporary REAL ESTATE UPDATE placeholder, while the committee reviews and The Board was presented with a real estate up - makes recommended changes to policy, there date by Mr. Sprung. Also participating in this was a sense of the Board that there should be update were Jan Gross, Principal and Mission an immediate limit on the number of breeds Critical Practice Area Leader, M. Arthur that could be applied for per application. Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc., Rich Speciale of Following a motion by Mr. Powers, seconded AEQUITAS, LLC, Cathy Dixon, VVA Project by Mr. Carota, the Board VOTED (unani - Managers and Consultants, and Davis Alexis, mously) that : AKC Project Manger. effective immediately, applications for addi - Raleigh, NC: AKC is negotiating a new 10- tional breeds may not exceed a request for ap - year lease. AKC is planning to surrender ap - proval of 10 breeds in any one submission. All proximately 5,000 additional square feet on other parameters and criteria of the current the third floor in July 2019. Board policy remain intact at this time. This New York, NY: AKC has executed a 20-year action is a result of the Board’s concern with Lease at 101 Park Avenue for the AKC Head - the rate at which breeds are currently ap - quarters and the museum on behalf of the proved and in consideration of the Chair - AKC Museum of the Dog. The headquarters man’s recent appointment of a committee to

AKC GAZETTE 37 SEPTEMBER 2017 SECRETARY ’S PAGES review the current Judging Approval Process NEW BUSINESS and recommend modification to improve the Trophies Offered in Honor of a Dog or Person current policy. The limit will remain in effect The Board discussed the AKC Board Policy re - while the Judging Approval Process is under garding awarding trophies in honor of living review and until such time the Board shall de - dogs or people. The AKC Policy Manual dated termine to remove the limit, or modifications March 1995, states that trophies for dogs may to the policy are adopted that would supplant only be offered in memory of deceased dogs. its effect. For a person, trophies may be offered in mem - The Board also discussed the 80/20% Group ory of deceased persons or in honor of a per - Policy. There was a sense of the Board that the son who is no longer an active breeder, system was disrespectful of those who own and exhibitor, or member of the club. breed the lower entry breeds that fall into the Following a motion by Dr. Garvin, seconded 20%. by Ms. Cruz, the Board VOTED (unani - Following a motion by Ms. Cruz, seconded mously) to instruct staff to review the policy by Ms. Biddle, the Board VOTED (unani - and present to the Board their recommenda - mously) that: tion in October. Effective immediately no further requests for eligibility to judge the group competition Allow Spayed/Neutered Veterans Conforma - based on approval of breeds constituting at tion Champions to Compete in BOB Class. least 80% of the entries in that group will be Mr. Carota advised the Board that he was ap - accepted. Requests received, but not yet ap - proached by several Delegates, as well as indi - proved, will not be acted upon. Group eligibil - viduals in the fancy and his parent club, about ity will remain for those previously approved changing the Dog Show Rules to permit under this policy along with the previous re - Spayed/Neutered Veterans that are Champi - quirement to gain approval for the balance of ons of Record to compete in Best of Breed at the breeds within three years of their first all breed events. group assignment. The Board was clear in stating their unani - It was VOTED to adjourn Tuesday, August 8, mous actions were made in the best interest of 2017 at 11:24 p.m. the sport and for the betterment of purebred Adjourned dogs. Attest:

Gina M. DiNardo, Executive Secretary

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